"Are you crippling your efforts by not taking advantage of new techniques?"
by Art Jonak
While doing a meeting for some leaders on my team in Bermuda, I shared the following with their prospects:
"My friend is going to college for five years to become a professional. At the end of those five years, he graduates. Then he will start his career by looking for a job.
'Another friend is building his network marketing business for five years. At the end of those five years, instead of starting a career, he will retire."
The prospects instantly perked up, leaned forward and paid attention. One simple story can be powerful. You can either create stories on your own, or learn stories from other leaders. Both work.
When was the last time you learned something new to build your network marketing business?
Let's say that you're an old pro. You've been actively networking since 1980 -- but you're still using 1980 techniques!
Has the world passed you by?
Are you crippling your efforts by not taking advantage of new techniques?
Well, what has changed since 1980? Let's see. In 1980 . . .
CDs and DVDs hadn't been invented yet. You couldn't pass out or use a CD to prospect or explain your plan. In fact, VCRs were just coming on the scene.
You could not use a fax or fax-on-demand for prospecting, distribution of forms, or getting the marketing plan immediately into a prospect's hands. There weren't any fax machines.
Internet? That's over 10 years away. There were no company home pages or even ways to access them if they did exist.
E-mail? You're kidding. Spam still meant luncheon meat with the shelf life of gravel.
Long distance calls were expensive.
There were no conference calls.
Many prospects didn't have credit cards.
And most prospects would give you 20 or 30 minutes for a presentation.
Things change, don't they?
When was the last time you took time to learn new prospecting and sponsoring skills?
If you're still using 1980 or 1990 techniques, your competition might be stealing your best prospects while you're working hard, but using ancient skills and out-dated, inefficient techniques.
And we all know that in network marketing, if you stand still, you go backwards.
If you haven't learned any new methods lately, attend the next Mastermind Event. I'm sure you'll learn a dozens of ideas that can help your business grow faster. Twelve network marketing masters will share exactly what works in today's marketplace.
From how to find good prospects, what to tell them, how to create a marketing budget, how to create marketing buying power, how to create 100 customers in100 days, how to build globally... every piece of the puzzle will be shared. You'll walk away with an exact system for your business.
Until next issue, happy prospecting!!
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